Raya — #363 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Raya

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,165 babies named Raya between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raya currently holds the #363 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 865 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,419 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Raya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 913 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Raya in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,165 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.